From now on prospective partners for the 2009 European Nations Championship can submit an application. A national partner should be responsible for all ENC 2009 games; should there be more than one application for a country, a prospective partner applying for all games will be favoured over a partner applying just for one game.

This winter the Alpen section hosted a skiing tournament for all ESL-users, where it was possible to win a special award. Next winter we plan to open this tourney to the whole of Europe. Read the winners of this season's tournament in this short news!

We are proud to announce the next season of the European Nations Championship for 2009. Once again we present the fight for the title of Europe's strongest national team for a long run this year. From March to August teams from all over Europe will do their best to reach the finals and to represent their home country honourably.

Electronic Sports League opens a partnership with the world's largest eSport bookmaker, XLBet. That means that you from hereron will be able to put your eSports knowledge to the test on every major national and international league by ESL, and if you've done your homework, made good use of the up to 50 Euro sign up bonus.

We proudly announce the ESL Pro Series Season II in the United Kingdom. After an very successful Season I we are not waiting around to get Season II into full swing. For Season II we have a new line up of games which are, Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty 4, Quake 3 and Trackmania Nations Forever. Today we can announce the qualification and prize information for each game.

The ESL has a new logo! The logo is a key part of our overall plan for improving the design of the website and creating a stronger identity for our various professional leagues and divisions. Today we present to you the new logo and explain the reasons behind why we are changing it.

As of today, the cooperation between Turtle Entertainment (ESL) and Regroup Event, the license holder of the Scandinavian counties, ends. The two parties have now mutually agreed to cease their cooperation which is due to a change of strategy and focus of the mother company behind Regroup Events Aps.

It is sad that some players are so desperate to win that they even choose to pay for cheats, but today we announce yet more people who have paid for their skills. These players are pouring their money down the drain and must now think things over and reconsider if it was really worth it.

This week the next ESL Pro Series celebrates it's season ending with a big final event: ESL Pro Series 5 Finals in France! On Saturday and Sunday the best French teams in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source as well as the best players in FIFA 08 will meet to find out who will be crowned as ESL Pro Series Champion of the season. Don't miss the show on ESL TV featuring teams like Millenium, emuLate, VeryGames and RedLine!

Does this sound familiar? You're looking for a match on Thursday at 20:00. So you challenge at least three opponents hoping at least one match will be accepted. Sometimes you will get no match for your desired date or three at once, so you have to postpone two of them. The new Matchmaker puts an end to this. From now on you are able to search a match on a specific date!

ESL America is running for half a year now, enough to tell you again about it. Over the last couple months our small family of American admins grew steadily and we now have a very active and couraged team of young admins, helping to built up the ESL community on the American continents. So what games can be played on ESL America and what's going to happen in the future?